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    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Recovery in Pieces

    Thursday, October 31, 2019

    It’s been many years, many miles, and many tears since the early, raw days of being widowed. The life I am living now is one I would never have recognized […]

    Tags belongings, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief and loss, grief recovery, hope, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse

    10 Lessons Widowhood Has Taught Me

    Wednesday, July 31, 2019

    1. You Can Go On Even When You Feel Like Giving Up I honestly didn’t think I’d survive the first month of being widowed, yet here I am… 88 months […]

    Tags grief, grief and loss, healing, hope, Moving forward, spouse loss

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse

    Being Exquisitely Seen

    Wednesday, May 29, 2019

    Books Saved Me I’ve been a lover of words and books and writers since childhood. I treasure the way we can be educated, transported, and transformed through what we read […]

    Tags acceptance, bereavement, coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, healing, Moving forward, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

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    Pieces of You

    Monday, June 25, 2018

    Today, I gave away another piece of you. A piece that’s traveled with me for thousands of miles back and forth between Los Angeles and Canada and other places. A […]

    Tags belongings, funerals, grief, healing, money, Moving forward, spouse loss, widow

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    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    A Widow Remembers the First Year of Holidays

    Monday, November 10, 2014

    Yes, they’re coming! We can’t hide, it’s inevitable. The holidays are here! Although my young children were grieving in their own ways, they looked forward to Christmas, presents, decorations, and celebrations. My oldest […]

    Tags coping with grief, grief and the holidays, Loss, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Did I Say that I’d Never Marry Again?

    Saturday, May 10, 2014

    So it was just over a year that I became a widow. I was doing ok. I had my good days and my not so good days. But over all, life […]

    Tags grief, grief and loss, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Embracing Holiday Bereavement

    Monday, November 18, 2013

    I had to face it, holidays would never be the same after my husband died. I soon realized that I was never going to share time with my loved one again. There […]

    Tags bereavement, grief, grief and loss, holidays, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Top 10 Spiritual Lessons I Learned in Grief

    Tuesday, February 5, 2013

    #10  I didn’t care what anyone thought about how I grieved: Grief made me go crazy for a while. I was selfish and self-centered. Thankfully, my family and friends supported […]

    Tags grief, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

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